''Agony of Death'' is the tenth studio album by German

thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...

band

Holy Moses Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band active from 1980 to 1994 and again since 2000. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen, who is the only constant member of Holy Moses, and for being one of the first German thrash metal ...

. The album was released in three different dates of 2008, on 26 September in Germany, 29 September in Europe and 7 October in the United States through

SPV/Steamhammer SPV GmbH (short for ''Schallplatten Produktion und Vertrieb GmbH'', "Vinyl Production and Distribution Company") is a German independent record label. Founded on 1 January 1984, it has slowly grown to be one of the largest independent distributor ...

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members *

Sabina Classen Sabina Classen ( Hirtz; born 27 December 1963) is a German thrash metal singer, best known as lead vocalist of Holy Moses and Temple of the Absurd. Biography In 1981, Classen joined Holy Moses, where her then-husband Andy Classen was playing ...

– vocals, executive producer * Michael Hankel – guitar, producer, mastering, mixing *Oliver Jaath – guitar, backing vocals *

Thomas Neitsch Holy Moses is a German thrash metal band active from 1980 to 1994 and again since 2000. They are well noted for being fronted by Sabina Classen, who is the only constant member of Holy Moses, and for being one of the first German thrash metal ...

– bass *Atomic Steiff – drums ;Additional musicians *Ferdy Doernberg – keyboards, samples,

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

on "Through Shattered Minds" *Janos Murri – guitar solo on "Imagination" and "Alienation" *

Ralph Santolla Ralph Santolla (December 8, 1966 – June 7, 2018) was an Italian-American heavy metal guitarist. He played in many bands, most recently Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death (he never recorded any of their albums, but toured with them in ...

– guitar solo on "World in Darkness" and "Dissociative Disorder" *

Trevor Peres Trevor Peres (born July 25, 1969) is an American heavy metal musician best known as the rhythm guitarist,Grow Kory, 6 February 2019, https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2019/02/06/memories-remain-the-making-of-obituarys-cause-of-death, (2019) songw ...

– guitar solo on "Angels in War" *Karlos Medina – bass on "Imagination" *Henning Basse – backing vocals on "Schizophrenia" *The Wolf – backing vocals on "Imagination" *

Schmier Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982. They are often credited as one of the "Big Four" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard. In addition to helping pioneer black metal by containing ...

– backing vocals on "The Cave"

References

2008 albums Holy Moses albums SPV/Steamhammer albums {{2000s-thrash-metal-album-stub